Guide to the Michael Travis Costume Design Collection
NMAH.AC.1347 Anne Jones
2018
Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents
Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Arrangement...... 3 Scope and Contents...... 3 Biographical / Historical...... 2 Names and Subjects ...... 3 Container Listing ...... 5 Series 1: Costume Designs for Individual Performers and Performing Groups, 1961-1986, undated...... 5 Series 2: Costume Designs for Theatrical and Television Productions, 1958-1978, undated...... 11 Series 3: Ephemera, Publications, and Photographs, 1977-1985, undated...... 17 Series 4: Fabric Samples, undated...... 19 Series 5: Artworks by Others, 1947-1968, undated...... 20 Michael Travis Costume Design Collection NMAH.AC.1347
Collection Overview
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Title: Michael Travis Costume Design Collection
Identifier: NMAH.AC.1347
Date: 1947-1986
Extent: 15 Cubic feet (35 boxes, 1 map-folder )
Creator: Travis, Michael Lavdas, George
Language: English .
Summary: The collection contains approximately 2,500 costume designs in colored pencil and pastels, on tissue paper mounted on mat boards. The designs were created for entertainers such as Liberace, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dionne Warwick, the Fifth Dimension, Nancy Sinatra, and others. Some were created for the television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
Digital Image(s): Michael Travis Costume Design Collection Content:
Administrative Information
Ownership and Custodial History Donated to the Archives Center in 2015 by George Lavdas.
Processing Information Collection processed by Anne Jones, volunteer, supervised by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., archives specialist, 2018; finding aid encoded by Catarina Hurtado, 2018.
Preferred Citation Michael Travis Costume Design Collection, 1947-1986, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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Biographical / Historical
Costume designer Michael Travis was born Louis Torakis to a Detroit Greek-American family in 1928. While serving in the postwar United States Army he was stationed in Paris. Upon his discharge in1949 he remained in the city to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Sorbonne on the GI Bill. Also studying haute couture, he met the designers Jacques Fath and Pierre Balmain and occasionally provided sketches for their collections.
Travis left Paris to seek work in New York and was hired at Eaves Costume Company. The company had been founded in 1863 and was the premier costumer for Broadway productions. He was hired as a secretary (his army employment) but became an assistant to the designers. With the owner's encouragement, he passed the exam for the costumers union and became a member of the Designers Guild. This made him eligible to design for Broadway shows and union films.
Travis became an assistant at Brooks Costume Company where he worked with famous Broadway and Hollywood designers such as Raul Pene du Bois and Irene Sharaff. This would lead to his designing the costumes for Ionesco's play Rhinosceros, starring Zero Mostel. The director of the play then hired Travis for a series of Public Television theater productions. Following these, he became the designer for two television programs featuring operatic and theatrical stars, The Voice of Firestone and The Bell Telephone Hour.
Beginning in 1958, Travis worked on the Motion Picture Acadmey of Arts and Sciences (MPAAS) Academy Awards, the Oscars, for eight years as assistant to well-known costume designer Edith Head. She persuaded him to move from New York to Los Angeles in the mid 1960s and he was hired to design for The Steve Lawrence Show, produced by George Schlatter. Travis and Schlatter became close friends and when Schlatter produced the ground-breaking comedy-variety show Laugh-In, Travis was hired as costume designer. The show ran for six seasons, 1968-1973, and required as many as 300 costumes per episode for a large cast, numerous guest stars, and the corps of dancers. He was nominated for an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) award, the Emmy, and more importantly, met and worked with a great many of the musical, film, and theatrical stars of the time. When the show ended in 1973 he was himself a star in his field. Travis was now able to concentrate on his clientele of musical performers and groups. These included The Supremes, The Temptations, The 5th Dimension, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and solo artists Dionne Warwick, Connie Stevens, Nancy Sinatra, John Denver, Wayne Newton and many others. He also acquired his most extravagant client, Liberace, when the flamboyant pianist's designer retired in 1973.
Frank Ortiz had designed an elaborately beaded and decorated jacket for Liberace as early as 1959 and, with other designers, continued to design elaborate costumes for him throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Following this tradition, Travis was encouraged by Liberace to create the most fabulous, beautiful, and exquisitely crafted suits, vests, boots, and capes possible. The costumes were made using the finest fabrics, embroideries, crystals, sequins, feathers and furs—even lights! Anna Nateece, Liberace's longtime furrier, continued to supply his furs. One of these ensembles was valued at $300,000 dollars and they could weigh over 100 pounds. They were objects of awe for his audiences and made a spectacular appearance with the pianos and automobiles in his stage show. One of Liberace's favorite sayings was "Too much of a good thing is wonderful!" Travis was able to demonstrate how right he was and continued as his designer and friend until the pianist died in 1987.
When Travis was in his forties he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The disease gradually disabled him to the point that walking was extremely difficult and eventually he became wheelchair-bound. After Liberace's death, he retired from his work but continued an active social life and traveled with his care-givers both within the United States and to European countries. In 2010 he received The Career Achievement in Television Award at the 12th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills.
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His friends, George Schlatter and Nancy Sinatra, were with him at the ceremony. He died on May 1, 2014 at the age of 86.
Source
Liberace Extravaganza! by Connie Furr Soloman and Jan Jewett, HarperCollins 2013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the sketches and finished renderings of costumes created over approximately thirty years by Michael Travis. Many are signed by the artist; most are not, which may indicate that Travis collected renderings done by other designers to save them from destruction. They are done in a variety of media and many pencil "roughs" are present as well as the finished art presented to clients. The earlier works are relatively small in size and are believed to have been created in the late 1950s and 1960s for New York costume houses and theatrical productions. The larger format works are primarily designs for the musical performers and television productions that comprised Travis's clients in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s.
During his career his style of illustration evolved and he may also have used several different styles to suit the subject. It is likely that he used assistants for some of the drawings, especially for large productions. In any case, the liveliness of the drawings, the brilliance of their color, the sheer panache they posess is the essence of the drama and excitement that is the lifeblood of the entertainment industry. Many of the illustrations have one (or many) fabric swatches attached to them; a group of large fabric samples is included as well.
Other materials include ephemera, a few publications, and photographs. There is also a small group of artworks by other artists, particularly Waldo Angelo, a long-time friend and colleague.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into five series.
Series 1: Costume Designs for Individual Performers and Performing Groups, 1961-1986, undated
Series 2: Costume Designs for Theatrical and Television Productions, 1958-1978, undated
Series 3: Ephemera, Publications, and Photographs, 1977-1985, undated
Series 4: Fabric Samples, undated
Series 5: Artworks by Others, 1947-1968, undated
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: Costume
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Costume design Costume designers
Types of Materials: Design drawings -- 20th century Drawings -- 20th century Pastels (Drawings) Pencil works
Names: 5th Dimension (Musical group) Liberace, 1919-1987 Sinatra, Nancy Supremes (Musical group) Warwick, Dionne
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Container Listing
Series 1: Costume Designs for Individual Performers and Performing Groups, 1961-1986, undated
Box 1, Folder 1 Lucille Ball "Steve Lawrence Show", 1965
Box 1, Folder 2 Eva Gabor, 1961
Box 1, Folder 3 Helen Hayes, undated
Box 1, Folder 4 Jane Keane, undated
Box 1, Folder 5 Harold Lang, undated
Box 1, Folder 6 Donald O'Connor "Straw Hat Man", undated
Box 1, Folder 7 Leontyne Price, "Aida", undated
Box 1, Folder 8 Joan Sutherland "La Sonomizula", 1965
Box 1, Folder 9 Joan Sutherland "La Boheme", "Semiramide", undated
Box 1, Folder 10 Joan Sutherland "Les Huguenots", undated
Box 1, Folder 11 Joan Sutherland "Ernani", undated
Box 1, Folder 12 Giulietta Simonata "Othello," Bell Telephone Hour, undated
Box 1, Folder 13 Louise Troy, undated
Box 1, Folder 14 Edward Villela "Giselle", undated
Box 9, Folder 1 Ann Margret, undated
Box 9, Folder 2 Lucie Arnaz, Adrienne Barbeau, undated
Box 9, Folder 3 Mae Barnes, undated
Box 9, Folder 4 Blackstone, undated
Box 9, Folder 5 Ruth Buzzi, undated
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Box 9, Folder 6 Gene Chandler, undated
Box 9, Folder 7 John Davidson, undated
Box 9, Folder 8 Doris Day, undated
Box 9, Folder 9 Phyllis Diller, undated
Box 9, Folder 10 [Everly Brothers] Don and Phil and Unidentified, undated
Box 9, Folder 11 Nancy Dussault, undated
Box 9, Folder 12 Barbara Feldon "Mata Hari", undated
Box 9, Folder 13 To the Fields, undated
Box 9, Folder 14 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 9, Folder 15 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 9, Folder 16 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 9, Folder 17 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 9, Folder 18 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 9, Folder 19 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 9, Folder 20 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 9, Folder 21 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 10, Folder 1 Carrie Fisher, undated
Box 10, Folder 2 Aretha Franklin, undated
Box 10, Folder 3 Geri Grainger, undated
Box 10, Folder 4 Betty Ann Grove, undated
Box 10, Folder 5 Carol Haney, undated
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Box 10, Folder 6 Mrs. Barron Hilton, 1971
Box 10, Folder 7 Clint Holmes, undated
Box 10, Folder 8 Guy Hovis, undated
Box 10, Folder 9 Engelbert Humperdinck, undated
Box 10, Folder 10 Jack Jones, Hugh Lambert, undated
Box 10, Folder 11 Ruby Keller "42nd Street", 1973
Box 10, Folder 12 [Kris Kristofferson?], Jac McAnelly, undated
Box 10, Folder 13 Manhattan Transfer, undated
Box 10, Folder 14 Ann Meara, undated
Box 10, Folder 15 Mildred Miller, undated
Box 10, Folder 16 Jim Nabors, undated
Box 10, Folder 17 Julie Newmar, undated
Box 10, Folder 18 Wayne Newton, 1973, undated
Box 10, Folder 19 Alice Nunn, undated
Box 10, Folder 20 The O'Jays, 1975, undated
Box 10, Folder 21 The O'Jays, 1977-1978, undated
Box 10, Folder 22 The O'Jays, undated
Box 11, Folder 1 Liberace, 1973, undated
Box 11, Folder 2 Liberace, 1974
Box 11, Folder 3 Liberace, 1978-1979
Box 11, Folder 4 Liberace, 1979-1980
Box 11, Folder 5 Liberace, 1983
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Box 11, Folder 6 Liberace, 1983
Box 11, Folder 7 Liberace, 1983-1984
Box 11, Folder 8 Liberace, 1983-1984
Box 11, Folder 9 Liberace, Radio City, 1984
Box 11, Folder 10 Liberace, 1983-1984
Box 11, Folder 11 Liberace, 1984-1985
Box 11, Folder 12 Liberace, 1984-1986, undated
Box 11, Folder 13 Liberace, 1986
Box 11, Folder 14 Liberace, undated
Box 11, Folder 15 Liberace, undated
Box 11, Folder 16 Liberace, undated
Box 11, Folder 17 Liberace, undated
Box 11, Folder 18 Liberace, undated
Box 11, Folder 19 Liberace, Scott Thorzen Costumes, undated
Box 12, Folder 1 Tony Orlando and Dawn: Elaine Orlando, Charro, and others, 1970s
Box 12, Folder 2-3, Tony Orlando and Dawn: Dawn, 1970s 5-6
Box 12, Folder 4 Tony Orlando and Dawn: Tony, 1970s
Box 13, Folder 1 Bernadette Peters, undated
Box 13, Folder 2 Debbie Reynolds, undated
Box 13, Folder 3 Rise Stevens as "Dalila", undated
Box 13, Folder 4 Lynn Redgrave, undated
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Box 13, Folder 5 Righteous Brothers, undated
Box 13, Folder 6 Rose Marie, undated
Box 13, Folder 7 Diana Ross, 1969, undated
Box 13, Folder 8 Neil Sedaka, undated
Box 13, Folder 9 Nancy Sinatra, undated
Box 13, Folder 10 Kate Smith, undated
Box 13, Folder 11 Connie Stevens, 1973, undated
Box 13, Folder 12 Connie Stevens, 1976, undated
Box 13, Folder 13 Supremes, 1970, undated Image(s)
Box 13, Folder 14 Rip Taylor, undated
Box 13, Folder 15 Toni Tenille "Grammys 1976", 1976
Box 13, Folder 16 Lily Tomlin, undated
Box 13, Folder 17 Rusty Warren, 1976, 1980, undated
Box 14, Folder 1 Dionne Warwick, 1980s, undated
Box 14, Folder 2-5 Dionne Warwick, undated
Box 14, Folder 6 Dionne Warwick: Dancers, undated
Box 14, Folder 7 "Rough Male Sketches", unidentified, undated
Box 23, Folder 1 Ann Margret, 1971, 1973
Box 23, Folder 2 Ann Margret, undated
Box 23, Folder 3 Dan Bowman as R.C. Block, undated
Box 23, Folder 4 Barbara Feldon as Cleopatra, undated
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Box 23, Folder 5-8 5th Dimension (Fifth Dimension), undated
Box 24, Folder 1 Eva Gabor as Marie Antoinette, undated
Box 24, Folder 2 Joey Heatherton as "Mame" and "Juliet", undated
Box 24, Folder 3 Liberace, 1980s
Box 24, Folder 4 Liberace [Pencil Drawing of Decorative Element for Transfer to Fabric], undated
Box 24, Folder 5 Debbie Reynolds, undated
Box 24, Folder 6 Jeannie C. Riley, undated
Box 24, Folder 7 Connie Stevens, undated
Box 24, Folder 8 Supremes, 1970, undated Image(s)
Box 24, Folder 9 Flip Wilson as "Myra Sweetgrass", undated
Box 25, Folder 1 Dionne Warwick, 1970, undated
Box 25, Folder 2-9 Dionne Warwick, undated
Box 26, Folder 1-8 Dionne Warwick, undated
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Series 2: Costume Designs for Theatrical and Television Productions, 1958-1978, undated
Box 1, Folder 15 Die Fledermaus, undated
Box 1, Folder 16 Ford Motor Company 75th Anniversary, 1978
Box 1, Folder 17 Happy Town #1 of 3, 1959
Box 1, Folder 18 Happy Town #2 of 3, 1959
Box 2, Folder 1 Happy Town #3 of 3, 1959
Box 2, Folder 2 Lady in the Dark, 1958
Box 2, Folder 3 Laugh-In, 1968-1971
Box 2, Folder 4 My Fair Lady, undated
Box 2, Folder 5 The Nutcracker, undated
Box 2, Folder 6 On the Town, undated
Box 2, Folder 7 Rhinoceros, 1961
Box 2, Folder 8 Showboat, undated
Box 2, Folder 9 Sinatra Special (?), undated
Box 2, Folder 10 Volpone, undated
Box 2, Folder 11 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 1 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 2 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 3 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 4 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 6 Unidentified Show, undated
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Box 3, Folder 7 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 8 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 9 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 10 Unidentified Show, undated
Box 3, Folder 11 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 12 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 13 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 14 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 15 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 16 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 17 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 18 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 19 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 3, Folder 20 Unidentified Shows, undated
Box 14, Folder 8 AMA [American Music Awards], 1979
Box 14, Folder 9 [Archie?], undated
Box 14, Folder 10 Auntie Mame, undated
Box 14, Folder 11 Cafe Madrid, unidentified, undated
Box 14, Folder 12-13 Camelot, 1964, undated
Box 15, Folder 1-2 Camelot, 1964, undated
Box 15, Folder 3 Damn Yankees, undated
Box 15, Folder 4 Ford Motor Company 75th Anniversary, 1978
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Box 16, Folder 1-2 Ford Motor Company 75th Anniversary, 1978
Box 16, Folder 3 Half a Sixpence, undated
Box 16, Folder 4 [Gypsy], undated
Box 16, Folder 5 [Hello Dolly], undated
Box 16, Folder 6-7 [Hello Dolly] photocopies, undated
Box 17, Folder 1 Hell on Wheels, undated
Box 17, Folder 2 Hit the Deck, undated
Box 17, Folder 3 Hot Stuff, undated
Box 17, Folder 4 John Denver Show, 1976
Box 17, Folder 5-6 John Denver Show, undated
Box 17, Folder 7-8 Laugh-In, 1967-1973
Box 18, Folder 1-7 Laugh-In, 1967
Box 18, Folder 8-9 L'il Abner, undated
Box 18, Folder 10-12 Lynda Carter Special, 1980
Box 18, Folder 13 Marie Antoinette, undated
Box 18, Folder 14 The New Moon, undated
Box 19, Folder 1 Madame Bovary, undated
Box 19, Folder 2 Once More with Feeling, 1958
Box 19, Folder 3 The Rape of the Belt, undated
Box 19, Folder 4 Rosemarie, undated
Box 19, Folder 5 Signs of the Times, undated
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Box 19, Folder 6-9 Song of Norway, undated
Box 20, Folder 1 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 2 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 3 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 4 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 5 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 6 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 7 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 8 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 9 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 10 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 11 Unidentified show, undated
Box 20, Folder 12 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 20, Folder 13 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 20, Folder 14 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 20, Folder 15 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 20, Folder 16 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 20, Folder 17 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 20, Folder 18 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 20, Folder 19 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 1 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 2 Unidentified shows, undated
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Box 21, Folder 3 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 4 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 5 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 6 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 7 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 8 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 9 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 10 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 11 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 12 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 13 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 21, Folder 14 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 1 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 2 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 3 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 4 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 5 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 6 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 7 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 8 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 9 Unidentified shows, undated
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Box 22, Folder 10 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 11 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 12 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 13 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 16 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 22, Folder 17 Unidentified shows, undated
Box 27, Folder 1 "Funny Girl", undated
Box 27, Folder 2 The Grammys, Jeannie C. Riley, 1969
Box 27, Folder 3-5 The Grammys, 1969
Box 28, Folder 1-3 The Grammys, 1969
Box 28, Folder 4 Half a Sixpence #1 of 2, undated
Box 28, Folder 5 Half a Sixpence #2 of 2, undated
Box 29, Folder 1-2 "Hellzapoppin", 1972
Box 29, Folder 3-6 Laugh-In, 1967-1973
Box 30, Folder 1-3 Laugh-In, undated
Box 30, Folder 4-7 Laugh-In, 1967
Box 31, Folder 1 Scarecrow Dos Passos, undated
Box 31, Folder 2-6 The Shape of Things, 1982
Box 31, Folder 7 "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", undated
Box 31, Folder 8 Unidentified show, undated
Box 31, Folder 9 Unidentified show, undated
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Series 3: Ephemera, Publications, and Photographs, 1977-1985, undated
Box 4, Folder 1 Miscellaneous Ephemera, undated
Box 4, Folder 2 Lists of costumes, 1977
Box 4, Folder 3 Names of Clients from Storage Folders, 1970s-1980s
Box 4, Folder 4 Telephone Lists, undated
Box 4, Folder 5 Magazine and Newspaper Articles, 1975
Box 4, Folder 6 Publication: "The Liberace Show", 1970s-1980s
Box 4, Folder 7 Magazine and Newspaper Articles about Liberace, 1980s
Box 4, Folder 8 The Supremes, Performance Programs, undated
Box 4, Folder 9 Photographs of Costume Drawings [Kismet], undated
Box 4, Folder 10 Photographs: The Supremes, 1967
Box 4, Folder 11 Photographs of Sketches for Liberace's Costumes, 1984-1985
Box 4, Folder 12 Photographs, Liberace in Costumes, 1980s
Box 4, Folder 13 Photographs: Liberace, 1980s
Box 4, Folder 14 Photographs: The Ojays, unidentified children, undated
Box 22, Folder 14 Diana Ross and the Supremes "Cream of the Crop" Record Album, The Supremes "Right on" Album Cover Poster, 1969
Box 22, Folder 15 Miscellaneous Ephemera, 1970s, undated
Box 32, Folder 1 Costume Sheets for Eaves Costume Company, 1950s
Box 32, Folder 2 House Plans, 1990s
Box 32, Folder 3 Samples of Art Papers, undated
Box 32, Folder 4 Miscellaneous Ephemera, undated
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Map-folder 1 Costume sheet for Eaves Costume Company, undated
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Series 4: Fabric Samples, undated
Box 5 Fabric samples, undated
Box 6 Fabric samples, undated
Box 7 Fabric samples, undated
Box 8 Fabric samples, undated
Box 33 Fabric samples, undated
Box 34 Fabric samples, undated
Box 35 Fabric samples, undated
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Series 5: Artworks by Others, 1947-1968, undated
Box 32, Folder 5 Drawings by Waldo Angelo, 1968
Box 32, Folder 6 Paintings by Waldo Angelo, undated
Box 32, Folder 7 Print by W.D. Fielding, undated
Box 32, Folder 8 Signed Print by Virginia Fisher, Barbara Stanwyck in "B.F.'s Daughter", 1947
Box 32, Folder 9 "Taming of the Shrew" costumes by Rouben Ter-Artunian, "Tailor" Costume Drawings by Hal George, 1956
Box 32, Folder 10 Unidentified Art Works, undated
Map-folder 1 Painted design for wall frieze by Waldo Angelo, undated
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